On the 13th of Oct 2015, China AQSIQ issued the draft of “Detailed Rules for Supervision and Administration on Food Imported by Bonded Mode of Cross-Border E-commerce”. If this draft regulation is passed unchanged the lax regulatory compliance enforcement of goods traded through CBEC will cease.
AQSIQ also invited public comments on the draft of Administrative Measures for Food Importers’ Examination and Verification on Overseas Enterprises, Chinese food importers will be required to examine overseas food exporters and manufacturers in terms of qualification, product compliance and food safety control system.
In addition to these amendments China’s NHFPC is also still in the process of consolidating the National Food Safety Standard System (see CL Food News on 9 Nov 2015).